For details and our forum data attribution, retention and privacy policy, see here Downloads Support Community Development Help Login Register Forum New Posts FAQ Calendar Forum Actions Mark Forums Read Quick but i would rather get an answer from you guys before messing with it myself Edit: I just restarted and it froze some where different. Register now! Instead it sees hard drives as hd0, hd1, etc. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=30928

but after that i can boot about 5 to 10 times without a problem. it's printed below. In my case I have Grub on the MBR of my external USB hd and BIOS set to boot first the external drive, then the internal HD. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant.

I was trying to boot a Hiren boot cd from my cd rom I followed diddy tutorial(http://diddy.boot-la...os/Grub4dos.htm)but it didnt work for me..He is describing different options but none of them worked. If a reinstall does not work I will attempt to update the BIOS. Offline #7 2007-03-17 09:23:15 fishonadish Member Registered: 2006-11-04 Posts: 121 Re: Error 23: Error while parsing number (solved) Grub starts from 0, whereas linux devices name partitions from 1.Thus /dev/hda1 = https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/466693-Error-23-at-boot-Error-while-parsing-number That did not seem to work either....

Main Menu LQ Calendar LQ Rules LQ Sitemap Site FAQ View New Posts View Latest Posts Zero Reply Threads LQ Wiki Most Wanted Jeremy's Blog Report LQ Bug Syndicate Latest Edited by u2o, 13 July 2011 - 07:01 PM. Initialize the ATAPI CDROM devices: grub> cdrom --init This will display the number of atapi cdroms found: atapi_dev_count2. There are known to be buggy and/or non-standard BIOSes out there, and I've seen at least one instance where a user couldn't boot after performing a flash upgrade to their BIOS;

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Distributions > Linux From Scratch Fwd: Error 23: Error while parsing number User Name Remember Me? Get More Info Last edited by tmoonen; 24-Oct-2011 at 12:30. When you have time can you actually check with SBM which Port it sees the CD/DVD drive?This may be of interest:http://www.lrz.de/~b...b-chain-cd.html(though of course if you use grub4dos you can try using They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

Later I did the following thing: mdadm /dev/md0 -a /dev/sda1 mdadm /dev/md1 -a /dev/sda2 mdadm /dev/md2 -a /dev/sda3 mdadm /dev/md3 -a /dev/sda5 Once the hard disks were synchronized, I resumed and

It is likely that one of them could access the same media as the BIOS-offered (cd).Note 5: You may access the (cd) and (cdX)'es in the blocklist way. swap 3. rblythe View Public Profile View LQ Blog View Review Entries View HCL Entries Find More Posts by rblythe Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Search this Thread Advanced About the boot log, it is useless, because it comes from the failsafe entry.

it usually gets stuck on boot at about 2 1/2 bars. The only strange thing is the "devfs=mount,dall" parameter. After typing grub I did the following at the grub> prompt: root (sda0,0) and the system returned: Error 23: Error while parsing number. http://imagextension.com/grub-error/grub-error-23-while-parsing-number.php But you did not use code tags, so it makes it difficult to read. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E.

Extending objects with JQuery.extend.. I originally had been booting both those before. The RAID functioned correctly, then I did: raidhotremove /dev/md0 /dev/sda1 raidhotremove /dev/md1 /dev/sda2 raidhotremove /dev/md2 /dev/sda3 raidhotremove /dev/md3 /dev/sda5 Subsequently I resumed and I introduced the hard disk. please, anyone with the knowledge, tell me if you see anything that should be changed.

So you may encounter failure when you attempt to read files on a Joliet CD.Note 7: The (cd) or (cdX)'es can be booted now. Stop the ATAPI CDROM devices: grub> cdrom --stop This will set atapi_dev_count to 0.3. This makes grub4dos pretty useless for modern PCs if trying to boot or access devices on SATA CD/DVD. http://reboot.pro/6838/PLoP, also DOES NOT support SATA CD/DVD's, so you cannot go through it Wonko Back to top #12 copain copain Newbie Members 13 posts India Posted 13 July 2011 -

Back to top #5 u2o u2o Frequent Member .script developer 257 posts Location:Argentina Argentina Posted 12 July 2011 - 11:48 AM What sort of CD drive do you have - hope that helps Last edited by TallGuy; 06-16-2003 at 11:36 AM. So, 8 works for me, but any lower and I get a kernel panic because the USB device hasn't appeared yet. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality.